I see Mary Lou is joining the compo culture brigade with a defamation lawsuit against RTE.
No, you have not shown that MLMD directed vitriol at MC.
That's on you, nobody else.
MLMD disagrees with aspects of what MC says, but I see zero evidence of vitriol.
Well we all know who the real victim in all this is. Poor MLMD and SF, not Maria Cahill and those abused by SF/PIRA members....
Well she has to make a case. I suggest maybe she is allowed to do that before judgement is reached.
We haven't seen any evidence that Phil Hogan broke the law, or Donie Cassidy or Dara Calleary. Have you apologised to them yet for misjudging their cases. It might be a good idea in case they go all Mary-Lou and start suing you.
I never said 'poor' anyone mark.
If somebody claimed 'MLMD directed vitriol towards MC' then they have to prove that she did.
I haven't seen any and none has been presented here.
Simple as that. Maybe MC has evidence that she did and MLMD will lose.
She was a chancer fell off a swing because she had booze in each hand. Her own party gave her the elbow. Why do you support her when we know her claim details, but not MLMD's right to sue when we don't? Wrong party?
Where did I say they 'broke the law'?
The only person who I said 'in my opinion' broke the law, has already been mentioned and as yet we still don't know if he did or not. I'm quite willing to accept the ruling.
You want different rules for MLMD because you don't like powerful women standing up for themselves.
Strong woman!
Is Clare Daly also a "powerful woman standing up for herself", because she too is suing RTE.....
I'm attacking the use of power and privilege from the leader of the opposition suing the national broadcaster and using Ireland's weak libel laws to censor questions being asked of her and her party.
The National Union of Journalists agrees with my position.
What is this authority she has Brucie?
She may order you on what you can do or think, but for the general person she has no more authority than Danny Healy Rae going on about God in the clouds above
whether they agree with your position or not is mute since your position is incorrect and is based on something that is incorrect.
she is not taking RTE to court for asking questions about her or the party, or to stop such questions being asked, for a start.
In your opinion.
Exercising your legal rights is not abuse.
Can you link me to the NUJ citing this case? I'm curious. Thanks.
Its obvious you have an issue with her, beyond your made up claims about this case.
As I thought. She has none
Zero. Nada. Zilch.
Morto for ya
Hes been so for some time.
And you always claiming wed no bricklayers in the country...except the ones building for REITS :)
Making up claims in here too.
Not at all, the National Union of Journalists disagree with you, where they say this action is 'worrying' and 'is a chilling effect on press freedom'.
You're a big union man, are you going to cross the picket line on this instance and side with MLMD?
Anything is possible with ye. I'll just wait a few days for more bizarre analogies.
C'mon Brucie. Ya claimed we didn't like her because she was a woman in authority.......................Didn't take too long for that to apparently fall flat on it's face when you can't explain what this authority is. All I'm doing is giving you another chance to tell us what this authority is?
Nope. Quote me.
I'm wondering why all the hate while not answer direct questions?
Its only the bizzare low level yourself and others are crawling has me interested in this premature thread.
So journalists don't like being responsible for what they say or write. What's the other news today?
An amazing interpretation of what's happening. NGO's tasked with monitoring press freedoms come out against this action, and you give some glib 'whattabout' response.
Do you take that view when it comes to other regimes like Putin's Russian you seem to be a fan of?
Leader of the opposition. Do you not support a person's right to defend their name? I can start making allegations against you I'd you don't mind.
The press should never be free tp say what they want. Like everyone else they need to be responsible.
We don# want a press like the British one do we?
Hard to know what brave new world you guys want but I suspect it is one where the press is allowed to say whatever they want about certain people.
If I am wrong, where are the threads opened when other politicians went after the media?
MLD has a right to sue if she thinks RTE have done something wrong and the courts will decide whether she has a case.
no need to be crossing pickets as while the NUJ'S position is incorrect on the basis that she is not taking RTE to court for asking questions, it would be wrong of them to not state their case.
i would have no need to cross any picket since their position is simply wrong and the courts will deide
And no one has made that argument
Again, no one made that argument.
You seem content in making up arguments in your head so you bat them away, while ignoring the pertinent details that the NUJ and 2 NGO's have come out against this type of actions. Hell, even SF the party MLMD leads wants to reform the libel laws in Ireland, yet now they are using it to shut down awkward questions. You have no issues with this whatsoever.
The right to sue for frivolous non-existent stuff is a power play that shuts media up.
THAT.IS.THE.POINT.
If someone said something outrageous about MLMD says, she personally killed someone or committed a crime, which was totally false, then yes, she has the right to sue. But in this instance? Sorry, it's using Irish Libel laws to shut up the media.
And of course the press would say that, they have a vested interest in not being held responsible. I'm not what you think that means other wise.
So lay out for us the brave you world you want and how it would protect the rights of an individual?
Any more references to Jimmy Saville and you can expect a minimum of a threadban
When did Leader of the opposition become a position of authority? What authority does it hold? In fact, do we have a leader of the opposition, can't see it in the Constitution?
